I’ve often wondered if all the homework I’d been getting throughout K-12 was really worthwhile. Well, now I know.

A few days ago, YouTube posted a video in which they interviewed Shakira and had her fans vote on questions to ask her, many regarding education.

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"People constantly tell me that I should wear my dropout badge with pride. But I never have. I really wanted to succeed in school." Read the rest of this story and see what one teacher has done to get students connected to a personalized style of learning through technology.

What options are there for students, when they don’t understand the lessons the teachers are talking about in class?

(San Marcos, CA – Apr. 15, 2010) The not-for-profit Transitions to Complete Education (T2CE) has just launched the Your Point of View contest to bring real life perspectives to the issues that face our education system, by engaging the students.

After reading through numerous articles and opinions on NCLB, it is refreshing to read something by an experienced educator that puts the students at the core of the strategy to improve our schools.

Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green star in an online short film that seeks to exaggerate the current state of California’s education system. However, even with all their star power, it seems to me that the Hollywood players that send their kids to Wonderland Elementary are still missing the point.

Obama’s revised version of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) states that its primary goal is to make every child in America “College or Career ready.” As I have researched the topic, I have found that “College or Career Ready” means that each student is prepped and ready to move onto either a vocational school or a university after graduation.  

As I read the following quotes, I notice a glaring issue…the Unions are not talking about the issue of educating children, but are consumed by convincing the public and themselves that teachers are being victimized.

Revising the No Child Left Behind Law (NCLB) is the solution our political leaders have adopted to fix our schools.

Do California educators realize that they may be the architects of their own layoffs?  Educators are allowing their Union dues to fund a staggering $212 million dollar political campaign aimed at defeating ballot measures to reform the education system, to squash political candidates that seek educational change, and lobby the legislature in order to keep the status quo.

Everything must be measured and according to the state most importantly our children, so the System forces them to take tests that are irrelevant to them, under daunting circumstances that suppress what they’ve learned.

A school board in Rhode Island voted to fire all teachers at the struggling Central Falls High School as a means of fixing the school…doesn’t this sound more like blaming, than fixing?

What do you think of Kaplan University’s ad set in a large lecture hall and starting with the professor’s words quoted below?    “I stand before you today to apologize.  “The system has failed you. “I have failed you. “I have failed to help you share your talent with the world — when the world needs talent now more than...

The treasure box of little gifts is an example of an oft-used extrinsic reward system. About 20 years ago a private K-6 school in San Diego had proudly started using the treasure box technique after a conference presentation. Students went to the treasure box to pick a gift for themselves when they accomplished some learning.